Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

301-305

Chapter 301: I Wonder If She’d Remain So Calm

Gu Xiqiao drove her little pink car to the peninsular district with Jiji sitting on the front passenger seat.

Upon catching wind that she was about to arrive, Yu Ning and Mu Zong rushed back to their office. Luo Wenlang had been placed by Gu Xiqiao in the ancient martial arts world for the past one month. Mu Zong had so many ongoing projects that he was too busy to even stand still for a couple of minutes.

This building was turned into an employees’ dormitory after it was procured by Gu Xiqiao. Apart from these two, even Su Wu, who usually stayed at home writing his script, and Ning Qing, who was not being paid had moved over.

“This is an incredibly important document.” Mu Zong pushed forward the pile of documents he had brought back towards Gu Xiqiao. As she flipped through them, he began reporting the recent developments in their company.

“You bump into Chu Ziheng frequently as of late?” Gu Xiqiao asked while she was scanning through the documents, and making the necessary amendments.”

Mu Zong nodded. There were only a handful of people who had earned his respect. From the top, there was obviously Gu Xiqiao. However, after interacting with Chu Ziheng for a while, he realized that this person excelled in his own way too. The Chu family owned a relatively large business and he must be quite an impressive one considering the fact that despite being under the age of thirty, most of the business operations were under his control. As a matter of fact, the Chu family conglomerate was growing by the day. Their practices indicated that they were veterans of the corporate world; his business was comparable with Gu Xiqiao’s. Many benefits could be reaped should Nine Heavens continue their partnership with the Chus. Because of this, Mu Zong and Chu Ziheng met rather frequently, discussing intricate business matters and maintaining good diplomacy. Mu Zong blabbered on and on about it to Gu Xiqiao.

She finished reading through the lines and thus began the annotation process. “Hm, if we’re aiming for this effect…”

Gu Xiqiao was wearing a subtle smirk on her face when she spoke. There it was, that gleam in her eyes. Mu Zong had witnessed this look several times already. Every time this happened, something major, something that would shake the Imperial Capital was bound to happen soon.

What was she planning to do?

Ning Qing sat nearby. Gu Xiqiao had already wrapped up her discussion with Mu Zong about the Chu family’s business wars and although she did not really understand what they were saying, all she had to do was look down at the pen Gu Xiqiao was holding. Her hand kept on jotting down notes as they spoke, and that was more than enough for Ning Qing to understand what was going on. For a second there, she froze up out of shock.

“Shouldn’t you be already used to such a scene when she’s reviewing her script?” Su Wu appeared to be much more familiar with Gu Xiqiao, which explained why he wasn’t as shocked as compared to Ning Qing.

“No, it’s different.”

Memorizing lines off her script merely demonstrated her photographic memory.

Gu Xiqiao finalized her annotations to the document after their discussion ended. A surprised look emerged on Mu Zong’s face upon reviewing the changes. If the contents are enough to baffle Mu Zong, then it must be something much more than just her memory.

Ning Qing inhaled deeply. She was aware of Gu Xiqiao’s identity but this was her first time seeing her at work in person.

There were quite a lot of documents that Mu Zong had brought over today. And yet, it took her only a short amount of time to work through them. After that, she peered up at Yu Ning. “Where’s the thing I requested?”